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… , and Katherine Marino . Find out why it stalled and how for nearly a century the ERA has garnered both passionate … Brenna Miller  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … happen legislatively and congressionally if we do have to revisit this 35 state versus 38 state timeframe. I agree, of …

… especially in Tibet, make Beijing an unworthy host for the celebration of human athletic prowess in the Games … other hand, speak piously of keeping politics out of sports competition. I am frequently asked, "Must politics be a part … to win this place at the center of world affairs, where news media breathlessly await the official judgment whether …

… plans to reduce the staff of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to 15 people and move … in the beginning of 2025, still working in the name of the commitment that President John F. Kennedy had made in 1961 … address, “for whatever period is required—not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, …

… over the trajectory of the on-going American military commitment in Iraq and Afghanistan has combined with … after a war? How best do we create a successful outcome? For us? For the country we leave? Given the problems now … as mounting evidence suggests, is now viewed as simply the latest colonial occupier, at least by some sectors of Iraqi …

… presidential election have run populist campaigns, and the former have governed in a populist style. This article … Brazil and Chile, are not populists. Consequently, the most common definition of populism in political science today … that the U.S. feels it can work with. The most important visit by President Bush was to Brazil. Brazilian President …

… dense with history. It could hardly have been otherwise, for it is impossible to assess what December 17 portends … without understanding what preceded it. “There is a complicated history between the United States and Cuba,” … Shortly after becoming Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro visits the Lincoln Memorial during a trip to the United …

… back and what we have learned over the last seven weeks and forward to what this means for the future of women in American politics.  … my guests are historians. We look back and study what has come before and  this …this is a decidedly forward looking … be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… power they demonstrated during the suffrage movement to form the much anticipated women's voting bloc that would … the polls were moved to schools and churches and community centers. There was some change in how candidates … be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… manager who had a career with the Park Service of more than forty years, has eloquently described their deeper meaning: … the intellect with emotion and place. You can follow our common fight for independence and creating and keeping a … (and the only one outside of Alaska) that truly demands visitors be self-reliant. It also demands something more …

… member states of the European Union in their ongoing search for safety. By extension, it describes the response of … face an uncertain future in the sprawling Dadaab camp complex in Kenya barely register on the radar of the global … An image widely used to raise funds for the Armenian Relief Committee. The widowed Amenian woman and her children walked …

… broke out between the  paramilitary militia Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in 2023.  … RSF as terrorists. Yasir al-Atta, the Sudanese army deputy commander, said in an interview on August 3, 2024, that the … take up arms and fight for the Rapid Support Forces in this latest Sudanese civil war. …

… Bakken oil-shale region in western North Dakota to a tank complex in Illinois. Its route crosses the Missouri River … belonged to the Great Sioux Nation under the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie. Other indigenous-rights activists observe that … like the American Fourth of July, a time to dress up, visit friends and relatives, socialize, and feast. …

… with desperately needed energy assistance, advocated for the smaller nation within the EU, and pledged to stand … Anderson famously defined nationalism as an “imagined community” binding together a widespread group of people … was both the first foreign leader to congratulate Sandu and visit her in Chișinău.  The two presidents have held at …

… have shown that the virus has been active in humans for about a century. A biography of the disease would show a … human immune systems, HIV has also allowed tuberculosis to come thundering back as a global health threat and has … Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), in September 1982. A newspaper clipping from 1981 ( left ). Ryan White, a boy …

… Francis, all of whom began organizing and agitating for the vote toward the end of the 19th century. From the … clubs and launched multiyear protests. While sharing a common goal, these efforts were not without internal … be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… employed them in operations to deliver weapons to various combatants in Africa. By his own admission, he had flown weapons to anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan during the 1990s and aided the French … Republicans, and he arranged shipments so that the best and latest weapons went to Franco while the oldest and least …

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Welcome to Leaving Zion: Jewish Emigration from Palestine and … professor of history and director of the Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching, and will be your host and … those statements was an account by an Israeli journalist visited one of the German camps in which migrants from …

… about a year ago, just after al-Sisi and the Egyptian army forcibly overthrew Mohamed Morsi, then the first … on July 3, 2013. The video quickly went viral on news and social media sites and was watched not only by … that the man’s predictions for the future of Egypt may be coming true. Since the coup that ousted Morsi, the Egyptian …

… United States. The press, the government, and the medical community claim, often and loudly, that these numbers augur … are proving that chronological age is not biologically uniform. In the United States the so-called “geriatric crisis” … Dr. Francis E. Townsend arrived prepared to push his latest pension plan, $150 a month for everyone over sixty. …

… who decided to accept these accusations and move the trials forward. Historians have long wondered why the judges … Speaker's Note: Matt Goldish would like to add a more complete response to one of the questions asked him after … Nicholas Breyfogle:   Hello and welcome to “What was wrong with the judges at the Salem Witch …

… phoned Nairobi to speak with two Kenyans whom I have known for years. I wanted to find out how they were faring in the … going to take their seats the next day and that they were completely resolute in overturning the election and bringing … Thiong'o and his wife were beaten by thugs during a brief visit to Kenya more recently. Banditry and other forms of …

… experience hyperinflation . Despite the government’s best efforts to continue payments, a crippling debt default also … in 2016. Diphtheria, once thought eradicated, has made a comeback . By some estimates, 2.5 million people have left … from a hybrid regime—a type of political system that combines democratic traits with autocratic ones— into pure …

… The left side of the American political-entertainment complex has passed the time since the 2012 election watching … popcorn in one hand and a bourbon in the other, listening for the sounds of a cracking foundation. … further into foreign policy, as Federalists believed in the commercial necessity of a stable, peaceful relationship with …